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I'm almost halfway through my traineeship and have already had lots of fantastic experiences within the library world. Much of my time recently has been spent aiding the implementation of the library's new e-journal subscriptions, which has been beneficial to the service and has given me a great insight in to the processes that are involved with acquiring new subscriptions. My work around this area has involved checking the holdings information for subscriptions and organising the upload of all new and revised information on to the library's link resolver. I have also been asked to write a report on the content of my traineeship to date and to present it at the next library committee meeting. Writing the report encouraged me to be reflective after the Christmas break and got me thinking about what I have gained from the experiences and the scope of the projects I've been involved with.
I'm lucky to be attending several library visits this month, including a visit to the Courtauld Library organised by ALISS and a visit to Senate House Special Collections and Archives, organised by the London Libraries Trainee Scheme. I'm really looking forward to these visits, as these particular libraries are sure to be rich in history and fascinating items. It will be interesting to see how these libraries operate on a day to day basis and what systems they use. An interesting future project I'm due to be involved in is organising an exhibition in the library on the work of John Snow. Over the last month I have got involved in the preparation of an exhibition on the work of Andreas Vesalius, compiling information and a short biography. The Snow exhibition will give me the chance to see the exhibition process through from beginning to end.
